A TAXI driver allegedly sexually attacked a lone teenage passenger in the early hours, as he drove her home from her 18th birthday celebrations, a jury was told.

Mazar Sharif, 45, was said to have put his arm around the alleged victim's shoulder, placed his hand on her bare leg and tried to kiss her after he pulled his cab over for the second time during the journey.

Sharif had already stopped once, invited the teenager to sit in the front with him and had asked if she had a boyfriend, Burnley Crown Court heard.

The hearing heard the girl's mother later heard her sobbing in bed, but she did not tell her until the next evening and the police were called.

Sharif was questioned and denied the alleged incident. The defendant, of Bankhouse Road, Nelson, who was working for Prince or A and B Taxis, in Burnley, pleads not guilty to sexual assault, said to have taken place last autumn.

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